PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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Austria
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Great Britain
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Cities
Augsburg
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Glarus, Switzerland
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Innsbruck
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Munich
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Paris
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Stirling
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
3
Material
paper
3
Format
oblong
2
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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2
2
3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
1
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
3
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
2
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
none
1
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
German
1
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
3
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
normally
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: brown
Multiple texts: no
Physical type: choirbook
Number of staves: 5
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Edinburgh, Great Britain, National Library of Scotland, MS Adv. 5.1.15, c. 1501-1546, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 462, 1510-c. 1530, All folios
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